Bell's Experimental Notebook, 10 March 1876

Alexander Graham Bell's notebook entry of 10 March 1876 describes his successful experiment with the telephone. Speaking through the instrument to his assistant, Thomas A. Watson, in the next room, Bell utters these famous first words, "Mr. Watson -- come here -- I want to see you." Alexander Graham Bell Family Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress .

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Bell's Experimental Notebook, 10 March 1876

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